Ex-Cell air drill

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:59 am

Anybody ever heard of that one?? You have now! I bought one over the weekend after my CP went TU...I couldn't wait for the Matco guy to get here on Monday (now today), so I ran out to Farm and Fleet to buy a new CP, but they were out of stock, so I bought this Ex-Cell (DevilBliss) brand on sale for $30. This thing works great! I may not need to buy a new CP today (probably will anyway, but...).

So far, so good on this cheapie!

While I'm on this air drill subject, what the heck is the difference between this $30 drill, and the $250 Souix? Other than $220...

prestwich · Post by **prestwich** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:44 am

One thing you might look at, if you haven't yet, is whether the cheapo runs true. Put in a long bit or a reamer, run it, and see whether the tip looks larger than the root -- sort of a narrow cone shape. If the chuck "runs out" (out of round) your holes will be oversize. I always check this when changing cutters, because careless chucking of a tool will make the tool run out even when the chuck runs true.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:48 am

Aaaahhhh...I'll check that out tonight!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon May 15, 2006 3:57 pm

Well, just as you suspected, el cheapo wasn't quite true. Pretty close, but not true. So, I bought a nice new Matco from the tool guy today! Lookin' forward to using this baby!

It was a little more than I wanted to spend, but this thing is straight as an arrow, and they'll fix it if it ever needs it!

prestwich · Post by **prestwich** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:42 pm

That's great, Chad! They say quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.